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Prevalence and risk factors for hypertension and association with ethnicity in Nigeria: results from a national survey

BACKGROUND: Non-communicable diseases are now a global priority. We report on the prevalence of hypertension and its risk factors, including ethnicity, in a nationally representative sample of Nigerian adults recruited to a survey of visual impairment. METHODS: A multi-stage, stratified, cluster ran...

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Autores principales: Murthy, Gudlavalleti VS, Fox, Samantha, Sivasubramaniam, Selvaraj, Gilbert, Clare E, Mahdi, Abdull M, Imam, Abdullahi U, Entekume, Gabriel, Adenike, Abiose, Bankole, Olufunmilayo O, Ezelum, C, Kyari, Fatima, Rabiu, Mansur M, Faal, Hannah, Lee, Pak Sang, Tafida, Abubakar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Clinics Cardive Publishing 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3896106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24042732
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2013-058